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Infectious diseases

Perspectives

Should we continue to isolate patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitals?

Surendra Karki, Karin Leder and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (5): 234-235 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Acute HIV infection presenting as erythema multiforme in a 45-year-old heterosexual man

Joyce H Y Ma, Simon Smith and Lynette A Gordon

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (5): 273-274 Free

Research

The rise of targeted HIV oral rapid testing in Australia

Derek Chan, Michael Stewart, Maggie Smith, Tony Price, Jo Lusk, Catriona Ooi, Phillip Read and Robert Finlayson

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (5): 251-254 Free

Letters

Antibiotic prescribing in residential aged care facilities — health care providers' perspectives

Georgina Kilroy

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (4): 179-180

Case reports

Domestically acquired hepatitis E successfully treated with ribavirin in an Australian liver transplant recipient

David J Speers, Michael Xiang Ma, Helen M Faddy, Monica Nash, Scott Bowden, Bastiaan de Boer, Ross MacNicholas, Gerry MacQuillan and Leon Adams

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (4): 209-211 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Chronic Q fever prosthetic valve endocarditis — an important cause of prosthetic valve dysfunction in Australia

Mohammad Paymard, Lisa Nicotra, Andrew Dettrick, Brendan Bell, Alex Chaudhuri, David Cody, Peter Tesar and Christian Hamilton-Craig

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (4): 212-213 Free

Research

Antimicrobial stewardship resources and activities for children in tertiary hospitals in Australasia: a comprehensive survey

Penelope A Bryant, on behalf of the Australasian Stewardship of Antimicrobials in Paediatrics group

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (3): 134-138 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Infliximab therapy in two cases of severe neurotuberculosis paradoxical reaction

James S Molton, Paul J Huggan and Sophia Archuleta

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (3): 156-157 Free

Perspectives

Are we doing enough to promote the effective use of mosquito repellents?

Cameron E Webb

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (3): 128-129 Free

Perspectives

Inappropriate pathology ordering and pathology stewardship

Denis Spelman

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (1): 13-15

Research

Comparing non-sterile to sterile gloves for minor surgery: a prospective randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

Clare Heal, Shampavi Sriharan, Petra G Buttner and Deborah Kimber

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (1): 27-31 Free

Peste, guerre et idéologie sans frontières

Stephen Leeder

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (11): 619 Free

Perspectives

Missing malaria? Potential obstacles to diagnosis and hypnozoite eradication

Richard S Bradbury, Gemma Robertson, Robert E Norton and Andrew W Taylor-Robinson

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (11): 630-631 Free

Clinical focus

Australian bat lyssavirus: implications for public health

Joshua R Francis, Bradley J McCall, Penny Hutchinson, Jodie Powell, Vikram L Vaska and Clare Nourse

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (11): 647-649 Free

Research

An outbreak of enterovirus 71 in metropolitan Sydney: enhanced surveillance and lessons learnt

Alexis Zander, Philip N Britton, Tina Navin, Emily Horsley, Sean Tobin and Jeremy M McAnulty

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (11): 663-666 Free

Research

Australia-wide point prevalence survey of the use and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing for children in hospital

Joshua Osowicki, Amanda Gwee, Jesuina Noronha, Pamela Palasanthiran, Brendan McMullan, Philip N Britton, David Isaacs, Tony Lai, Clare Nourse, Minyon Avent, Paul Moriarty, Julia Clark, Joshua R Francis, Christopher C Blyth, Celia M Cooper and Penelope A Bryant

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (11): 657-662 Free

Reflections

Medically assisted circumcision: a safer option for initiation rites

Clement Manineng and David MacLaren

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 610-611

Editorials

Safety and effectiveness of influenza vaccines

Heath A Kelly

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 560-561 Free

Clinical focus

Cytomegalovirus disease in immunocompetent adults

Daniel Lancini, Helen M Faddy, Robert Flower and Chris Hogan

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 578-580 Free

Research

The safety of seasonal influenza vaccines in Australian children in 2013

Nicholas J Wood, Chris C Blyth, Gabriela A Willis, Peter Richmond, Michael S Gold, Jim P Buttery, Nigel Crawford, Michael Crampton, J Kevin Yin, Maria Yui Kwan Chow and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 596-600 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practic

Measles: an important cause of fever and rash in a returned traveller

G Khai Lin Huang, Katherine A Bond, Nicholas H Hewitt and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 605-606 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Lung transplant recipients receiving voriconazole and skin squamous cell carcinoma risk in Australia

Chin Fen Neoh, Gregory I Snell, Bronwyn Levvey, Tom Kotsimbos, Orla Morrissey, Monica A Slavin, Kay Stewart and David C M Kong

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (9): 543-544 Free

Letters

Do death certificates accurately record deaths due to bloodstream infection?

Christopher S Heather, Hong Foo and Iain B Gosbell

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (9): 518

Perspectives / Conference report

Standing at the crossroads in HIV management: implications for primary care practice from the AIDS 2014 conference

Levinia Crooks, Michael R Kidd, Robert Lake, Edwina J Wright and Edward Reis

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 440-441

Case reports / Snapshot

Splenic rupture: a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis

Eugene Ng and Michelle Lee

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 480 Free